On Saturday, the 22nd of December, we had a birthday party for our two girls. They turned 5 on Thursday and Friday of that week, so Saturday was a joint party. Therese was super excited about the party, but a little confused about the arrangments. Whenever we mentioned the party, she would pipe up and say, "Can I go?" Then I would explain the party was going to be at our house and that of course she was going. We went through that several times per day in the week leading up to the big day.
I made cupcakes and an individual heart-shaped cake for each girl.
Catherine blew out her candles so fast that I don't have a picture of the action.
We let Catherine go first, since Therese had no idea what strange customs Americans have for birthdays. She probably thought that putting candles on a cake was very strange!
Therese, with her big owie from her crash on the plasmacar the day before:
She huffed,
And puffed,
and finally all the candles were out.
The young revelers at the kid tables
My beautiful new god-daughter, who just arrived home from China. With our family and Therese's godparent's family, we had 6 kids from China in our house, in addition to one adopted from the DR Congo and two from Guatemala. We are the international corner in our parish since we usually sit near each other.
Therese was thrilled with her presents and her first birthday party ever was a resounding success.
Catherine, even though she is an old hand at birthdays, hugely enjoyed her gifts too.
What a special day, to celebrate two beautiful sisters turning five. The wonderful thing about adoption is that these two girls were born on opposite sides of the world, and now they are sisters.
